Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is identified as Diego Antonio Gallegos.

Date

[1935?]

Notes

Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Diego Antonio Gallegos (2nd from far right) worked on the WPA project driving a grader and building roads and bridges in the San Luis Valley." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 230).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Hope Gallegos Yost.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title inked on original and reproduced in scanned image.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library. "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger.; R7001521198